diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 8773ecaa44b54f16fbdc29822ddc550c6ea167d0..a72b6ff9b48a12f812c516efa6c7ca49f06981f9 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -1023,9 +1023,24 @@ static inline unsigned int round_pipe_size(unsigned int size)
  * Allocate a new array of pipe buffers and copy the info over. Returns the
  * pipe size if successful, or return -ERROR on error.
  */
-static long pipe_set_size(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned long nr_pages)
+static long pipe_set_size(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct pipe_buffer *bufs;
+	unsigned int size, nr_pages;
+
+	size = round_pipe_size(arg);
+	nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	if (!nr_pages)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && size > pipe_max_size)
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	if ((too_many_pipe_buffers_hard(pipe->user) ||
+			too_many_pipe_buffers_soft(pipe->user)) &&
+			!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	/*
 	 * We can shrink the pipe, if arg >= pipe->nrbufs. Since we don't
@@ -1109,28 +1124,9 @@ long pipe_fcntl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	__pipe_lock(pipe);
 
 	switch (cmd) {
-	case F_SETPIPE_SZ: {
-		unsigned int size, nr_pages;
-
-		size = round_pipe_size(arg);
-		nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		if (!nr_pages)
-			goto out;
-
-		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && size > pipe_max_size) {
-			ret = -EPERM;
-			goto out;
-		} else if ((too_many_pipe_buffers_hard(pipe->user) ||
-			    too_many_pipe_buffers_soft(pipe->user)) &&
-		           !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-			ret = -EPERM;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		ret = pipe_set_size(pipe, nr_pages);
+	case F_SETPIPE_SZ:
+		ret = pipe_set_size(pipe, arg);
 		break;
-		}
 	case F_GETPIPE_SZ:
 		ret = pipe->buffers * PAGE_SIZE;
 		break;
@@ -1139,7 +1135,6 @@ long pipe_fcntl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		break;
 	}
 
-out:
 	__pipe_unlock(pipe);
 	return ret;
 }